Tailor Made Suits and Pants Sale
Readable ad item announcing tailor made suits and pants with prices starting at three dollars. The brief notice highlights affordable men’s wardrobe, offering a range of sizes and styles.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
6
Readable ad item announcing tailor made suits and pants with prices starting at three dollars. The brief notice highlights affordable men’s wardrobe, offering a range of sizes and styles.
H. Be Wisegarver offers foreign and domestic woolens ready for inspection. Call before buying at the location where clothes can be cleaned and pressed.
County correspondence from Batavia reports the death of Helen Mary Campbell infant daughter of Mr and Mrs F T Campbell at their home near Batavia on October 17 and burial in Batavia cemetery the next day. Other items note typhoid recovery for Frank M Reno travel to Kansas for visits by Lee and George Walker plans to move to Colorado and Ohio visits by Miss Emma Bennet and hospital transfer for Johnny Mose after injury.
Perry Hickenbottom sold 48 head of choice hogs to M Damm last Thursday averaging 233 lb each. Mrs A Howard is dangerously ill. J C Hawkins visited near Mt Pleasant. J B Bench from Fairfield spent Sunday at home. Rev W S Mitchel visited relatives in Mt Pleasant. Hulda Newburg of Lockridge visited Anna Hayes. Benton Sellwood a Burlington visitor. Lillie Taylor of Creston visiting Joseph and Mrs Hickenbottom. M E Toothacre of Middletown visiting relatives. Lewis Davis went to Memphis Mo for a few days. J Briggs shipped a car of hay to Burlington. M Damm shipped hogs to Ottumwa. August Sodergrene of Wayland visited at home.
Mr. Monroe of Grinnell visited Adam Wilson last Wednesday evening. Ed Woolery bought P. W. Culpp farm. Mrs. Richardson of Fairfield visited niece Mrs. C. H. Linder last Friday. Maud Sherrick of Birmingham visited Maggie Blair last Thursday. Chas Rodibaugh and wife welcomed a baby boy. Dan Peebler bought the King farm in Wapello county. Geo. James of Ottumwa seen on streets Tuesday. Riggs spent Saturday with friends in Pleasant Plain. Winnie Wilson visiting her brother Adam Wilson near Birmingham this week. Emma Wolf returned from Washington county where she stayed with sister Mrs. Benz.
The article argues Moroccan practice confiscates a governor's wealth at death, claiming proceeds come from tribally extracted money. It notes wealth often includes private property and extends to relatives, causing family ruin as mighty fall.
Our Animal Friends explains that inner con cave blinders are usually glossy and angled, reflecting light and distorting vision. The glare blurs objects ahead and elsewhere, making horses uncertain and easily frightened. Removing blinders often calms nervous horses by restoring clear sight.
A lawyer questions a dreamy inventor who insists the device is perfect. The test ends with the inventor admitting fear and noting his face looked startlingly white in a mirror, even whiter than the lawyer's shirt.
The Harz mountains town of Andreas burg Prussia is famed for its canary industry with 250000 canaries bred annually and four fifths exported to the United States. Expert birds are placed with youngsters to model singing trills for perfect imitation.
A young man in Auburn paid a barber 35 old fashioned cents as a joke. The barber then sold one coin for 35 dollars, making the prank less satisfying for the jokester.
The article notes widespread small dose arsenic ingestion in Austria Hungary and France by peasants. They claim the poison helps them climb heights more easily.
An old advertisement claims No-To-Bac cures tobacco habit with a guarantee. It markets the product as a wonder-worker for strength and vigor, offered by Stering Remedy Co. with free booklet and sample, via Chicago or New York.
The Fairfield rally drew 252 participants in a sixteen to one ratio, featuring bands and costumes, but critics labeled the event a misfire. Speakers focused on money issues, while distrust grew toward party leaders and policies on trusts and imperialism.
Stella Newell died October 9 1900 after a three week illness from typhoid fever. She leaves husband Victor Newell and two children aged six and eight, with parents George and Olive Parker. Born near Wooster she grew up in that area and later lived east of Birmingham. She was twenty nine years old and known for cheerful disposition and faith.
A vintage product ad touts Bucklen's Amnica Salve as a cure for itching piles and other injuries or eruptions. It claims thousands cured and guarantees relief, priced at 25 cents a box, sold by Geo. D. Clarke, druggist.
Martin Liblin arrives today from Oklahoma with a load of cattle, combining business and pleasure on his trip south west. Marriage licenses issued recently include Wm M Troxel with Barbara Kessel, Max W Babb with Vida S Kemble. Hon L B Crane spoke to about 150 voters in Walnut township on a clear, clean address. The Louden factory two story brick addition foundation is finished and super structure soon. A Grain-O testimonial from Dr A C Jackson of Le Roy NY praises Grain-O as a coffee substitute.
An old advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claims a cold can be cured in one day with a refund if it fails. The box bears E. W. Grove's signature and is priced at 2 cents.
The Parsons college orchestra of 48 members, claimed as the largest in the state, will perform its first concert of the season next Friday evening at 8 15 in the college chapel. Miss Sciple and Miss Marsden will sing solos and duets as part of a quartet heavy program expected to delight attendees.
A picnicking party near Newark Fairfield Iowa includes former Jefferson County residents like Louis Sense and Scott Calhou. They explore a Whiteman Missouri cave with underground chambers, ancient-looking shelves and potential exits to unexplored rooms, carrying torches and noting zinc-rich rock samples. After a bountiful dinner they hold an impromptu election with Bryan two votes ahead of McKinley.
Philadelphia man John Oliver recounts severe illness with yellow skin and fatigue before praising Electric Bitters after three weeks of use. He credits the tonic with a full recovery and urges others to try it, noting it is guaranteed at Geo. D. Clarke's drug store.
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